Västra skogen metro station

Västra skogen (Swedish: The Western Forest) is a station on the Blue Line of the Stockholm metro, in Huvudsta, Solna Municipality. The station was opened on 31 August 1975 as part the first stretch of the Blue Line between T-Centralen and Hjulsta. The trains were running via Hallonbergen and Rinkeby. On 18 August 1985 the extension to Rinkeby was opened, and the stretch between Hallonbergen and Rinkeby was closed for passenger traffic.[2] It features one of the longest escalators in western Europe, 66 meters and with a vertical rise of 33 meters.[3] This part of Huvudsta was earlier called Ingentingskogen (The Nothing Forest) after a small farm called Ingenting; the name Ingenting (Nothing) was suggested as a name for the new station, but rejected.

Västra skogen
Stockholm metro station
LocationHuvudsta, Solna
Coordinates59°20′51″N 18°0′14″E
Owned byStorstockholms Lokaltrafik
History
Opened31 August 1975
Traffic
Passengers (2018)8,000 boarding per weekday[1]
Services
Preceding station   Stockholm metro   Following station
T10 line
toward Hjulsta
T11 line
toward Akalla
Location
Västra skogen station
 to Solna centrum
to Huvudsta
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Västra skogen
to Stadshagen

The station has three platforms, one for trains towards Hjulsta and Akalla, and two platforms towards Kungsträdgården, to allow trains from the two branches of the line to wait in the station before the two lines merge beyond the station.

  • Entrance
  • Platform and train
  • Platform stairs
  • Entrance detail
  • Station's artwork
  • Escalators
  • Bird's eye view of the station
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References
  1. "Fakta om SL och länet 2018" (PDF) (in Swedish). Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. p. 51. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  2. Schwandl, Robert. "Stockholm". urbanrail.
  3. Städje, Jörgen (18 October 2009). "Rulltrappor – så funkar de (in Swedish)". IDG News Service. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.


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